Weather in Visby in January 2025
Average weather
Average temperature in Visby in January
The temperature in January is +4°C on average, with a range between a maximum of +7°C during the day and a minimum of -6°C at night.
The average maximum temperature goes down 23% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +6°C to +3°C.
Is Visby warm or cold in January?
Visby is typically cool in January.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +3°C to +2°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from 0°C to -2°C.
Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
January is one of the coolest months in Visby, here is the comparison with other months:
Water temperature in Visby in January
Water in Visby in January is Cold. It varies from +1°C to +5°C, with an average of +3°C. Note that the air temperature is lower than the water temperature, averaging around +2°C.
The water temperature in January is one of the coldest of the entire year:
Can you swim in Visby in January?
Climate in Visby in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +3°C | +2°C | +1°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -17°C | -19°C | -21°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +12°C | +10°C | +11°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 30 mm | 19 mm | 13 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 5 m/s | 5 m/s | 5 m/s | ||||
| Avg. water temperature | ||||||
| +5°C | +3°C | +2°C | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 86% | 86% | 85% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1009 HPa | 1010 HPa | 1012 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 11 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 9 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 9 | 11 | 10 | ||||
January often has better weather than December. It’s getting colder in January. From +3°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +2°C. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 30 mm to 19 mm. Humidity levels don’t change as the month goes on, averaging around 86%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 5 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 2 sunny days during the month.
February brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 6 m/s getting up to 11 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Visby is gradually increasing during January, going from 2 m/s to 6 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
January is one of the snowiest months in Visby.
Here’s how January is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last January in Visby?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Visby in January has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1985 (+8°C) and the highest in 2020 (+12°C). The driest year was 1979 with only 322 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2017 with 789 mm.
FAQ
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Visby, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.